Data Privacy Day 2017

January 28 is celebrated as Data Privacy Day (DPD) across the world.

The objective of the day is to sensitize individuals and disseminate privacy practices and principles. It encourages everyone to own their privacy responsibilities to create a culture of privacy.

Message From CEO

It's my pleasure to write to you on occasion of Data Privacy Day (DPD). Year on year, the privacy landscape continues to get more vibrant. In 2016, we witnessed significant developments in privacy space. Many global organizations faced geographical shut downs such as WhatsApp shut down in Brazil, LinkedIn being blocked in Russia, gaming apps such as ‘Pokemon GO' not getting access in many geographies, etc.

Read MoreRama Vedashree,
CEO, DSCI

Privacy Wallpaper/Screensaver

The much awaited DSCI wallpaper is here. The response to the 2016’s wallpaper was staggering. The wallpaper became part of over 8, 00,000 office desktops in around 120 organizations.

This year we have endeavored to produce a more visually appealing wallpaper which succinctly captures the basic tenets of data privacy. It also enumerates some of the data protection tips for employees who play an exceedingly important role in an organization’s data protection ecosystem. This DPD presents itself as an opportunity to further the long-standing goal of robust use and transfer of data in a fashion that is responsible and protected. The wallpaper serves as a means of disseminating the message of DPD to the business fraternity of the country and raising the Privacy quotient of the stakeholders, thereby fostering a culture of trust.

 
Privacy Quiz

Test your knowledge of data privacy and related concepts on the occasion of Data Privacy Day 2017. DSCI takes immense pleasure in announcing its third-in-a-row online privacy quiz with new challenges and gifts.

The objective of this quiz is to spread the awareness of data privacy to one who cares about his/her privacy in this digital world. The questions framed in this quiz are related to privacy rights, users’ rights while surfing over internet, importance of online data and personal information and many more.

The idea of this quiz was instituted on the side-lines of DSCI’s and industry’s Data Privacy Day celebration on 28th January, and the whole success of it depends on you, your colleagues and connects’ interest and participation. Please make the activity successful with your enthusiastic participation and help us popularise it in the community.

Quiz Winners
  • WINNER: Abishek Sampath, Infosys Limited
  • 1st RUNNER UP: Abhijit Sidhan, Infosys Limited
  • 2nd RUNNER UP: Tarun, Shardul, Amarchand

Crossword Solution Key:

Data Privacy Crossword Quiz Solution
 
Privacy Message Contest

We encourage all individuals to participate in spreading the word around importance of Privacy in today’s digital world. Create your “slogan” on (i) the Importance of privacy (ii) tips to protect private and sensitive information and send it to us with your twitter handle. We will select top 20 slogans and publish on Twitter. The contest will start on January 24, 2017.

Winner of DPD Slogan
  • MD Shahrouq Shaikh (Data is what defines your Past, Present and future so secure it seriously )
 
Visit Previous Year Campaigns